Florida health officials announced this week that an individual at Fort Lauderdale’s Dillard High School had contracted tuberculosis .
The case was reportedly in a student. Broward County school officials said some other students had also been identified as exposed to the bacterial infection, sparking fears of yet another recent U.S. outbreak. Few details have been released about the student involved.
“They did contact tracing and they have identified a certain number of kids that they are thinking have been exposed and they’re going to test those kids based on parental consent to see if they’re actually confirmed cases, also,” Broward County Public Schools Superintendent Howard Hepburn told reporters…